From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David T-G Subject: Re: disks & prices plus python (was "Re: failed disks, mapper, and "Invalid argument"") Date: Thu, 21 May 2020 08:30:59 -0400 Message-ID: <20200521123059.GN1415@justpickone.org> References: <20200520200514.GE1415@justpickone.org> <5EC5BBEF.7070002@youngman.org.uk> <20200520235347.GF1415@justpickone.org> <5EC63745.1080602@youngman.org.uk> <20200521110103.GG1415@justpickone.org> <5EC66C2E.90901@youngman.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <5EC66C2E.90901@youngman.org.uk> Sender: linux-raid-owner@vger.kernel.org To: Linux RAID list Cc: Phil Turmel List-Id: linux-raid.ids Wol, et al -- ...and then Wols Lists said... % % On 21/05/20 12:01, David T-G wrote: % > % > ...and then Wols Lists said... % > % ... % > % % > % Seagate Barracudas :-( % > % > Yep. They were good "back in the day" ... % % Still are. Just not for raid.. Oh! Well, that's nice to know. Of course, I had been hoping to move these out to another system after upgrading to larger, but maybe that's not an option :-( They are going to be worlds better than the existing crap drives in there now, though, so here's hoping I can put them to use. % > ... % > % recovery. Plan to replace them with ones that do ASAP! % > % > That would be nice. I actually have wanted for quite some time % > to grow these from 4T to 8T, but budget hasn't permitted. Got any % > particularly-affordable recommendations? % % 8TB WD Reds are still CMR and okay AT THE MOMENT. I wouldn't trust them % though (or make sure you can RMA them if they've changed!) Thanks! % % I haven't heard of Ironwolves using SMR (yet). % % Looking quickly on Amazon % WD Red 8TB £232 % Toshiba N300 8TB £239 % Seagate Ironwolf 8TB £260 % Seagate Ironwolf 8TB Silver £263 (optimised for raid it claims) % WD Red 8TB Pro £270 % Seagate Ironwolf 8TB Pro £360 Ouch. I sure hope they're cheaper over here! Unfortunately, when I was shopping I was looking at ... Barracudas :-/ % % Given that the Red and the N300 are similar in price, I'd go for the % N300. Bear in mind that I *never* see those drives mentioned here, I % really don't know what they're like. Thanks; I'll have a look. % ... % > % > % rebuild, but I would VERY STRONGLY suggest you download lsdrv and get % > % the output. The whole point of this script is to get the information you % > % > You mean the output that is some error and a few lines of traceback? % > Yeah, I saw that, but I don't know how to fix it. Another problem in the % > queue. % % Last time I ran it, it was Python 2.7. I needed to edit the shebang % line. I think Phil's fixed that. I checked and I have 2.7 on this box, so I figure it would work. But I can barely spell Python, much less understand it. Thanks again & HAND :-D -- David T-G See http://justpickone.org/davidtg/email/ See http://justpickone.org/davidtg/tofu.txt